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LOT 0286
Germanic Silver Radiate-Headed Bow Brooch
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (67 grams, 10 cm).
Comprising a D-shaped headplate with scrolled tendril fill and seven radiating knops; flattened bow above triangular foot plate with similar tendril motifs, profile bird-heads to each edge, lobe finial with facing mask; ferrous pin to reverse.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureSee an example from Velesnica, Serbia, in the National Museum, Belgrade and Tejral, J., Morava na Sklonku Antiky, Prague, 1982.
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